Combustion-engine of the rotary type.



G. T. WILLIAMS. COMBUSHON ENGINE OF THE ROIARY IYPE. APPLICATION mzo MAY 1. me.

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comausnomaumwe OF THE ROTARY TYPE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen T. WILLIAMS,

a citizen of the United States,- residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combustion-Engines of the Rotary Type, of which the following is a specification.

"The invention relates to a new and useful improvement in explosive engines and more particularly to those of the rotary ty which thegases are ignited in an exp osive chamber, from which they ass into another chamber or housing, in w ich is'housed a rotor or turbine wheel, .to which motion is imparted by the impact of the gases against the vanes of said rotor or turbine, until the said gases have spent their force, after which they are exhausted through a suitable exhaust.

An object of this invention is the pro,- vision of an explosive engine of the rotary type, comprising a series of cylinders for compressing the gases therein and forcing same into an explosive chamber, mounted intermediate said cylinders and the rotor proper.

Another object of this invention is the provision of an explosive engine of the rotary type, so constructed so as to feed the exploded gases into the rotor or turbine wheel, from a side thereof, so that the impact of said exploded gases will be delivered at an angle upon the vanes of said rotor or turbine wheel A still further object of this invention is the provision of an explosive on no of the rotary type, having a rotor or tur ine wheel, with its vanes so constructed so as to utilize all of the-strength of each impact delivered upon each of its respective vanes before exhausting the gases.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combinations and arrangements of parts, to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed nd illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved combustion engine.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the same.

Fig. i is a sectional view of the rotor or turbine wheel.

.Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal frag- .Specification 01" Letters Patent.

Patented l, 321%.

Application filed May 1, 1918. Serial No. 231,875.

mentary sectional view of the same, illustrating a part of its housing and the angle at which the impact from the gases are delivered upon the vanes of said wheel.

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of an end of pipe, illustrating the means for deliverin the desired amount-.ofgas into each cylin er, the same means being used in connection with'the feeding of water into each combustion chamber; and

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional View of the gas regillating valve.

- eferring to the accompanying drawings by similar characters of reference throughout, the numeral 10 denotes in general my improved combustion engine, which comprises a suitable housing 11 composed of two sections 12 and 13, both substantially held together through the medium of a series of bolts 14: and provided with an exhaust 14:, each section having formed integral there with a base portion 15 by which the said housing is substantially secured in place by bolts or the like 1.6.

Thishousing 11 is provided for the reception of a rotor or turbine wheel 17 one portion of which 18 is solid and of a suitable thickness and weight so as to equally balance another portion of said wheel carrying the vanes 19 which are V shaped in cross section as clearly illustrated by Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings.

Passing centrally through said wheel 17 is a shaft 20 to which said wheel 17 is securely keyed, this shaft 20 being supported at 0pposite sides of said wheel 17 by bearings 21 formed integral with each of the sections 12 and 13 of the housing 11, said bearings 21 permitting the opposite ends of the shaft 20 to extend therefrom any desired distance for the urpose, as illustrated by the accompanylng drawings, of permitting a fly wheel 22 to be keyed to one, end thereof, while the opposite end thereof, is for the vaccommodation of a series of cams 23, 2a and 25, the portion of the shaft in advance thereof being utilized to convey motion to any desired object,

These cams, 23, 24 and 25 are all securely keyed to the shaft 20, the cam 25 being the largest and engaging a series of piston rods 26 having a coil spring 27 mounted thereon and engaging the lower surface of a cylinder 28 as a means for normally holdin said piston rods 26 in an extended position there from, thus normally holding the piston head,

. 27 carried by each iston rod 26 at the lower end of each cylin or 28 until the cam 25 forces the same through the medium of the piston rod 26- to the. opposite end of its respective cylinder,

These cylinders 28 are substantially supported by a suitable base 29 each cylinder having the customary water jacket 30 into which water is forced by any suitable means through the inlet pipe 31 and exhausted through the outlet pipe 32 thus permitting a complete circulation therethrough while each cylinder 28 is furthermore provided with a gas inlet 33 suitably located and controlled by a regulating valve of suitable construction 34 so that when the piston'head 27 is down and in its normal position, the gas will be permitted to enter thereab'ove and 'be forced to the opposite end of the cylinder by .the piston head 27, whereupon it will pass into an outlet 35 carried by a combustion chamber 36 which engages the cylinder 28 at this point.

This combustion chamber 36 is made in two sections similar to the housing 11 and bolted together in a like manner as clearly illustrated by the accompanying drawing and is cooled through the medium of a water jacket 37 similar to that of the cylinder, receiving its supply through the medium of the cylinders and from the same source, while mounted intermediate each cylinder 28 and the combustion chamber 36 is a valve 38 which controls the passage of gases through the outlet35 from the cylinder 28 into the combustion chamber 36 this valve v38'being operated through the medium of a slide rod 39 held in position by a bracket 40 formed integral with each cylinder, the movement of said rod 39 being controlled by the cam 24 while the rod is held in normal position by a coil spring 41 which'engages the under face of the reduced portion 42 of the combustion chamber 36 and the flange 43 carried by the rod 39 thus the spring 41 has a tendency to hold the rod 38 in an extended position, as normal, thereby seating the valve 38 in its respective seat 44 thus preventing the passage of gases through the outlet 35 when the valve is in its normal position.

The opposite end of this rod 39 extends a limited distance beyond the valve 38 and engages an aperture 45 in the opposite side of the reduced portion 42 of the combustion chamber and has free passage therethrough to engage a suitable check valve 46, which controls the supply of water which is fed through the feed pipe 47 and delivered partly into the combustion chamber 36, through the discharge nipple 48 and upon the vanes 19 of the rotor or turbine wheel 17, through the spray pipe 49 which is suitably perforated as indicated by the numeral 50.

v The combustion chamber 36 is also promesses vided with a suitable spark plug 51, the obj ect of which is well known to those familiar with this art, while oppositely disposed to the valve 38 and located in a similar reduoed portion 52 of the combustion chamber 36, is a valve 53, similar in construction throu hout to that of the valve 38, minus only the extension carried by the valve 38, which engages the check valve 46 of the feed pipe 47.

This valve 53 is also operated through the medium of a slide rod, 54,, held in normal position by a coil spring 55, mounted upon said slide rod, between a flange 56 carried thereon and the surface of the reduced portion 52 of the combustion chamber, while the slide rod 54 proper, is held in position by a bracket 57 formed integral with the section 13 of the housing 11 and through which it may freely be moved by the rotation of the cam 23 upon which the lower terminal of said slide rod 54 rests.

' These cams 23, 24 and 25 maybe of any suitable thickness and diameter, with the ex- .ception of the cam 24 which as illustrated 'the supply of fuel through the medium of the regulating valve 34 the fuel being fed into said valve 34 through the feed pipe 59 leading from a conveniently and suitably located container or reservoir not illustrated upon the accompanying drawings.

While the drawings illustrate a series of cylinders of the same construction, it is not deemed necessary to go into the details of the operation of each cylinder in its respective turn, as it is thought that a brief de scription of the operation of one cylinder will be sufficient to enable those familiar with this .art to readily understand the operation of the entire engine.

The engine will start in the customary manner by turning the fly wheel over until the fuel has been fed to one of the cylinders and the spark adjusted, the fuel being per-' mitted' to feed into the'cylinder upon the downward stroke of the slide rod operating the regulating valve which ermits the fuel to flow into the cylinder a ove the piston head, which will then be in its lowermost position, then upon the. upward movement of the piston head, the fuel supply is automatically cut off throu h the medium of the cam cooperating with the regulating valve and the gases are compressed by said piston head from the cylinder into the combustion' chamber, the passage thereinto being clear, as the valve controlling this passage will then be open to permit their free passage, at the same time said valve through messes,

operation being accomplished by the one valve, owing to the limited amount of water being permitted to spray through the nipple into the combustion chamber, thus forcing the greater part through the spraypipe and onto the vanes of the rotor, or turbine wheel.

As clearly illustrated by Fig. 3 of the draw ings, it wil be seen that upon slightfurther rotation of the cam .cooper-atin with the piston head, the piston head will be drawn downward, by action of the coil spring, to the position from which it started, and as it is, the valve cooperating with the check valve regulating the'flow of water will also be drawn downward until seated, thus cubr ting off the flow of water, while the valve closes the passage through which the gases enter from the cylinder into the combustion chamber, therefore, the ases are now in the combustion chamber on y and the valve oppositely disposed to the previously mentioned valve is now open through the medium of its respective cam, thus giving clear passage to the gases from the combustion chamber, into the rotor or turbine housing, the gases now. being exploded while still in the combustion chamber, through the medium of the spark plug, are forced through the passage made clear by the movement of the last mentioned valve and the impact from same is delivered against the vanes of the rotor or turbine wheel, at an angle from one side thereof thus driving said rotor or turbine wheel iorward until certain of the vanes, are in proper relation to receive the impact from each combustion chamber in succession and will continue to run until his desired to cut ofi the current in order rious minor changes in the details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

From the foregoing disclosure taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be manifest that l have provided a combustion engine of the rotary t ps, which is simple in construction, and will fulffil all of the necessary requirements of such a device.

thus fully described this invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is 2- 1. A combustion engine, comprising a rotor, a series of combustion chambers connected therewith, a compression cylinder connected with each of said combustion chambers, a means connected with each of said compression cylinders for feeding fuel into the same, a plurality of means engaging each combustion chamber to limit the movement of gases therein, a shaft engaging the rotor, means carried by said shaft for operating the first and second-mentioned means, means in close proximity with the rotor and engagin the combustion chamber whereby a liquid may be discharged into the rotor and combustion chamber, a means connected with last mentioned means for limiting the movement of said liquid and means connected with the shaft for operating the last mentioned means,

2. A combustion engine, comprising a rotor, a series of combustion chambers connected therewith, a compression chamber connected with each of said combustion chambers a plurality of valves engaging each combustion chamber, a means for feeding fuel in each of said compression chambers, a shaft engaging the rotor, a plurality of cams mounted thereon, as means for operating the said valves, a third cam mounted thereon, means engaging the same for compressing gases in said cylinders, a means engaging one of. the first mentioned cams to regulate the How of gases into the cylinders and a means for drawing the products of combustion from the chambers through the medium of the rotor wheel.

GEQRGE T. WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

A. D. PARK SIDNEY V. @ALMER, 

